The Yiddish Book Center's
Wexler Oral History Project
A growing collection of in-depth interviews with people of all ages and backgrounds, whose stories about the legacy and changing nature of Yiddish language and culture offer a rich and complex chronicle of Jewish identity.
The Queer Search for Self: The Intersections of Queer Identity and Yiddishism
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Rebekah Erev, artist, answers the question: why are so many Yiddishists queer Jews? They describe the way that queerness forces individuals to name their identity to find each other - a task that becomes a methodology and a philosophy for life, allowing Jewish queer people to seek out and expand their other identities.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Rebekah Erev.
This excerpt is in English.
Rebekah Erev was born in Vorhees, New Jersey in 1978.
This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.
